Question

Getting a javax.mail.MessagingException error message.

Asked by: killdurst

Hi, my application has been sending emails but yesterday, it encountered an error when trying to send one:

javax.mail.MessagingException: 451 4.3.0 Temporary system failure. Please try again later.
        at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.issueCommand(SMTPTransport.java:879)
        at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.mailFrom(SMTPTransport.java:599)
        at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.sendMessage(SMTPTransport.java:319)
        at com.jjcs.smtp.SimpleMail.SendEmail(SimpleMail.java:33)

The host is 192.168.5.23 and I can even telnet to 192.168.5.23 25 which gives me the following:

220 sapqa ESMTP Sendmail Tue, 3 Nov 2009 16:17:16 +0800

What is causing this error and how can I fix this? Thanks.

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2009-11-03 at 00:19:15ID24866365
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Answers

 

by: CEHJPosted on 2009-11-03 at 00:45:14ID: 25727013

That's probably an error from sending on the next hop, not from connecting to the smtp server, so telnetting doesn't mean anything. Is it still happening?

 

by: killdurstPosted on 2009-11-03 at 00:56:01ID: 25727074

Yeap. It's still happening.

 

by: CEHJPosted on 2009-11-03 at 01:13:44ID: 25727156

Put JavaMail into debug mode and see if you can tell for which addresses it's happening

 

by: objectsPosted on 2009-11-03 at 01:18:39ID: 25727181

theres a problem with your smtp server. check its logs and try restarting it

 

by: killdurstPosted on 2009-11-03 at 01:45:55ID: 25727312

Looking at the app logs, it's happening for all addresses. I would need my network administrator help to restart the smtp server as I do not have the username and password to it. Will update you guys soon.

 

by: killdurstPosted on 2009-11-03 at 16:38:42ID: 25735417

I've received a new SMTP host from my network and now everything works fine. Thanks guys for your time.

 

by: killdurstPosted on 2009-11-03 at 16:40:14ID: 31649275

Have been given a new SMTP host by my network administrator.

 

by: CEHJPosted on 2009-11-04 at 05:24:43ID: 25739004

:-)

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